Royal Ascot: Sandringham Stakes

The Sandringham Handicap, a flat handicap over a mile, is open to three-year-old fillies and takes place on the fourth day of the Royal meeting. The race was called the Fern Hill Rated Stakes until 2001, and was part of the Ascot Heath meeting held on the Saturday after Royal Ascot. Prior to 2018 it was run as a Listed handicap but was downgraded by the BHA to comply with a new rule that no handicap race could carry Listed or Group status.
Early history:- The inaugural running of the Fern Hill Stakes over the New Mile, the forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place at the Ascot Heath meeting on Tuesday 10th June 1834 and was won by Lord Chesterfield's Alexis (5/1) ridden by Scott, beating Skimmer and Olympic cleverly by a length.
Fern Hill Stakes 1979 Rated Stakes 1 mile
Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer Owner
1 STRATHSPEY G Starkey I Balding Mrs R Chaplin 12/1
2 RECTITUDE P Eddery P Walwyn Mr I Cameron 13/2
3 GIRLS DIVISION J Reid R Houghton Lord Leverhulme 3/1 fav
4 BROMPTON ROSE L Piggott W Hern Sir M Sobell 9/2
5 HOUSE MAID J Lowe J Watts Captain A Rogers 6/1
6 MELANESTA B Taylor H R Price Lady H Roberts 8/1
7 SEA BALLAD W Carson W Hern Mr R Hollingsworth 8/1
8 MUNECA Walter Swinburn Philip Mitchell Mr A Carrero 16/1
9 MISS ST CYR E Hide Doug Smith Mr J Pearce 33/1
10 BELLA DIPINTA Paul Tulk Ron Boss Mrs R Bury 33/1
11 SUN APPROACH S Salmon R Akehurst Mr R Khan 33/1
The Fern Hill Stakes, forerunner of the Sandringham Stakes, took place on Saturday 23rd June 1979 at the Ascot Heath meeting and was won by a chestnut filly by Jimmy Reppin out of Strip the Willow winning £3056 (equivalent to £16,000 in 2020). Over round 117%
Sandringham Stakes Handicap 1 mile 1834
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